SetPoint Medical touts 2-year relief from rheumatoid arthritis

Startup SetPoint Medical has demonstrated “significant, sustained improvement” over two years in a first-in-human study using bioelectronic therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Seventeen subjects with moderate to severe symptoms were implanted with a vagus nerve stimulator in the European study. At three months, the therapy was shown to have significantly reduced RA symptoms and inhibited cytokine production, according to the company. After 24 months, 87% reported had clinically meaningful responses by standard Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) criteria. The Santa Clarita, CA company presented the results in a poster at EULAR in Amsterdam this week. Its initial study was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016. Get the full story on our sister site, Medical Design & Outsourcing.   The post SetPoint Medical touts 2-year relief from rheumatoid arthritis appeared first on MassDevice.
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